Jonathan Elphick
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Jonathan Elphick is a British
He has also been consultant, editor or author on a variety of other books, articles and CD-ROMs including Coastline with Greenpeace, and the BBC production of The Realms of the Russian Bear.[7]
Background and education
Born in 1945, in
Birdlife in North Wales in the early 1950s was relatively unaffected by agricultural developments and other changes, that proved to be major factors in the decline of many
Inspired by, among others, the writings of
Themes and interests
Elphick worked for five years as researcher on the best-selling book Birds Britannica, written by
Art and ornithology
The Natural History Museum in London is the repository for some half a million works on paper and one million books, which are the sources for some exceptionally beautiful and important images of birds. Many are from rare sources. Elphick's work is a selection of art works from this archive, including the work of artists such as John James Audubon, along with Victorian explorers, who catalogued the world's avifauna before the age of photography. It documents the work of many natural history artists, such as John Gould, William MacGillivray and Ferdinand Bauer. The text interweaves ornithological science, art history, biography, travel and other aspects of the subject to paint a picture of the artists and the birds they painted.[11]
Great Birds
Great Birds: 200 Star Species of Britain, undertaken with the photographer David Tipling, was published in 2006.[12]
Birds and People
Elphick is part of a team of naturalists and authors, including the British wildlife photographer David Tipling and the naturalist and author Mark Cocker, undertaking[when?] the Birds and People project.[13] Birds and People is a ten-year-long, groundbreaking collaboration between the publishers Random House and BirdLife International, to survey and document worldwide, the cultural significance of birds. The Birds and People project involves an open internet forum, for individuals worldwide to document their reflections, experiences and stories about bird.. The final book is intended as a global chorus on the relationship between human beings and birds.[citation needed]
References
- ^ The Birdwatchers Handbook โ A Guide to the Birds of Britain and Ireland, Elphick J. pub. by BBC Worldwide, with illustrations by Richard Allen, Robert Gillmor, Ren Hathway, Peter Hayman, David Quinn, Owen Williams, Martin Woodcock and Colin Woolf.
- ^ The Art of Ornithology, Elphick J. Published Rizzoli, 2005
- ^ The Natural History Atlas of Bird Migration: Tracing the Great Journeys of the World's Birds , Elphick J. Pub. NHM, London 2007.
- ^ Encyclopedia of Animals by Jonathan Elphick, Jen Green and Barbara Taylor Pub. Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated, 2006
- ^ RSPB Pocket Birds; A Unique Photographic Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe, Elphick. J and Woodward. J, pub Dorling Kindersley, 2003.
- ^ The National Parks and other Wild Places of Britain and Ireland, Elphick.J and Tipling.D, pub. New Holland, London, 2002
- ^ a b Surfbirds.com
- ^ e.g. WATCHING BIRDS, Fisher. J. pub. in London by Collins 1941
- ^ See for example Mammal by Dorling Kindersley. Publishing Staff, Smithsonian Institution, David Burnie, Jonathan Elphick, Steve Parker, Christopher Norris
- ^ Birds Britannica, Cocker M. pub by Chatto & Windus, 2005
- ^ Natural History Museum, Art and History Section
- ^ Great Birds: 200 Star Species of Britain, Elphick.J and Tipling.D, pub. Duncan Baird Publishers, London 2008.
- ^ "Birds and People website". Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
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